Smoking-tube



(No Model.) l

, C. B. LOVELESS.

SMOKING TUBE.

No. 273,294. Patented Man-,6, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEiucE.i

CHARLES B. LOVELESS, OF WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA.

SMOKING-TUBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,294, dated March 6,1883.

Application filed November 2B, 1882. (No model.) l

clear, and exact description of the same, refer! ence being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specilication, and to theletters and ligures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a longitudinal vertical section of myinvention; Fig. 2, a similar view of the tobacco cartridge or shell andspring-casing, Fig. 3, a cross-section through line fr x, Fig. l; andFig. 4, a detail view, in perspective, of the tobacco cartridge orshell.

This invention relates that class of smokers7 tubes made in imitation ofa cigar and having inserted therein an inner tube or cartridgeconltaining the tobacco and a spring for automatically feeding the sameto the end of the tube as tast as it is consumed.

Previous to my invention these springs were usuallyT exposed to thenicotine coming from the smoke, which would in time foul and clog themup. In'order to remedy this difficulty, a small tube or pipe wasemployed, which extended from the mouth-piece through the coils ofthespring into the body of the tobacco, said tube or pipe havingperforations at its outer closed* end, through which the smoke wasdrawn. The objection to this construction was the fouling of the tube aswell as the clogging up of the perfor-ations at its outer end by thesweating and swelling of the tobacco when burning; and theseperforations being necessarilyfew and small, owing to the size ofthetube or pipe, such a smoking-tube has been found objectionable from thenecessity of frequent cleaning to insure sufficient draft.

The objects of the present invention are to remedy the defects abovedescribed and provide such a smoking tube or article in which thefouling or clogging up of the parts is less liable, and from itssimplicity of construction is readily and cheaply manufactured and moreeffective in its operation than articles of a like nature heretofore inuse. These objects I attain by the construction substantially as shownin the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents a tube made in imitation of a cigar,preferably of thin metal that may be spun or other otherwise formed inthe shape desired, though said tube may be composed of any materialfound most suitable and inexpensive. In this tube A is placed a shell orcartridge, B, for containing the t0- bacco, said shell or cartridgefitting upon a casing, C, having within its interior a coiled sprin g,D, operating a follower, a, which forces the tobacco toward the outerend of the shell or cartridge as it is consumed. This shell or cartridgeB has upon its outer end a wedgeshaped collar, E, provided with a seriesof per- .Y

forations, b, around its circumference, the wedge shape ofthecollar`insuring the snug fitting of the shell or cartridge in the tube'A, which has a bore of greater diameter than said shell or cartridge toadmit of the smoke being drawn through the perforations to the mouth ofthe smoker without coming in contact with the spring, thereby preventingthe same from becoming foul and clogged up, and the said perforationsbeing of sufficient number and size the draft is not materially affectedby the sweating and swelling of the tobacco while burning. A second rowor series of perforations, c, is made in the shell or cartridge,justback of the wedge-shaped collar E, in order to increase the draft, andshould the perfo'rations in the wedge-shaped collar become clogged orstopped up from any cause the draft would not be entirely hindered orprevented. The

shell or cartridge B is also provided upon its outer end with an annularange, d, which fits against the outer end of the tube A, to give afinished appearance and prevent the same from burning when constructedof iniiammable material. The opening of the tobacco cartridge or shellat its outer or lighting end is of less diameter than its bore, in orderto form a seat, e, for the tobacco, and thus prevent the spring fromexpelling the entire contents when said cartridge is connected with thecasing containing the spring.

By the construction above described it will be readily seen that thesmoke is drawn through perforations in the tobacco cartridge or shellIOO 1. The tube A and casing C, eontuining eoiled spring D, operatingfollower a, in coinbinaltion with the tobacco cartridge or shell B,having the wedge-shaped collar E, with perforations b, substantially asand for the purpose specied.

2. Tile tube A, easing C, spring D, and follower a, in Combination withthe tobacco cartridge or shell B, having ange d, and perfo ratedwedge-shaped colla-r E, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my 11emein the presence ot' two witnesses.

CHARLES B. LoVnLEss.

Witnesses:

M. P. MUNN, GEO. J. DAY.

